Awning fixture



June 12, 1928.

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UNITED STATES 1,673,782. PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN w. SHAW, or nonwoon, NEW JERSEY; ASSIGNOR rro BING a BING, Inc, A

' CORPORATION or NEW YORK.

AWNING FIXTURE.

Application filed February 26, 1927. Serial No. 171,088.

My present invention is more especially concerned with awnings disposed exteriorly of a building or room, that may be operated from the interior thereof.

5 While the invention may be embodied in or is applicable to awnings of various types, including the drop type, it has its preferred application to modern awnings of theroller type.

It is an object of the invent on to provide an awning, the flexible operating member of which is readily accessible from within the closed room and which permits convenient raising or lowering without the need for considerable effort even though the awning be a heavy one.

Another object is to provide awning fix? tures which may be conveniently installed without the need for any modification whatsoever in awnings of standard construction, and which shall be applicable both to windows of the familiar drop sash type and to the metal fixed sash type of window, more recently in vogue.

Another object is to provide fixtures of the type noted, which shall present no ungainly or protruding par-ts, which do not involve. any special reconstruction of the window or sash and which have no sharp 3o corners or edges likely to interfere with the movement of or to tear or rip the fabric of the awning as the same is opera-ted.

Another object is to provide means of the type noted, which in operation will aid in maintaining the awning from becoming creased or jammed andwh-ich will preclude any component of force tending to lift the shade roller out of its slotted hanger.

Other objects will be in part obvious, in part pointed out hereinafter;

In the accompanying drawings in which are shown one or more of various possible embodiments of the several features of the invention, 1

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a closed window of the drop sash type embodying a spring roller type of awning,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevation of the inside of the window of Fig. 1, the upper sash partly lowered,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on a larger scale taken on line 83 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on a larger scale taken on line 4-.4 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view on a larger scale through the awning roller, indicating the conventional fiat gudgeon m t,

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional View on line 66 of Fig. 5,

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view on a larger scale of the awning fixture,

Fig. 8 is a View similar to- Fig. 3, illustrating the application of the invention to the fixed sash type of window,

Fig. 9 is a. perspective view on a larger scale, illustrating the inner fixture used with the embodiment of Fig. 8, and

Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. '9, illustrating the outer fixture.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings,I have shown a window with a familiar type of roller awnings, details of which are shown in Figs. 5 and ,6, and include a roller 10 having the usual round gudgeon 11 at one end thereof, fitted in a corresponding hanger bracket 12 and having the flat gudgeon 113 at the other end thereof, fitting into the vertical slot 14 of the corresponding hanger bracket 15. The roller is of the springtype and has a coil spring 16 about a metal core 17 therein, one end .of said spring fixed .to the hub 18 of the flat gudgeon and the other end: fixed to the rotatable roller. A pawl'and ratchet construction 19 retains the roller in any setting and is released by slight drawing upon the operating tape 20 to permit the tensioned rollerspring 16 to Wind up or raise the awning to the desired extent.

The round gudgeon as is customary is at the right side of the sash viewed from within the room, and the flat gudgeon at the left The operating tape 20 is preferably at the left side of the window sash and thus near the flat gudgeon pin. The tape 20 as is customary, l S SGCUIQQl to the awning roller at its inner end and winds in volute form between consecutive turns of the rolled up awning, as best shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

The hem 21of the awning encircles the crossbar of a metal bail 23, the ends of which are pivoted in brackets 24 secured to the uprights of the window frame.

I have shown my invention in igs. l to 4 applied to a window of the familiar drop sash type including a lower sash 25 and an upper sash 26 shown in Fig. 3 in closed'position. My fixture comprises preferably a 'metal crossbar or strip 27 fixed as by means hanger, and without removal of the window sash or drilling through masonry or metal. It will thus be seen that there is herein described a device in which the several features of this invention are embodied, and whichdevice'in its action attains the various objects of the'invention and is .wellsuited to meet the requirements of practical use.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In an awning of the type including a spring roller mounted in fixed hangers and having an operating tape wound between the convolutions of the raised'a'wning; the combination of a tape guide structure havin 'uide parts at the outer face and guide U C: I parts at theinner face of the upper window frame and serving to lead the operating tape totheinteriorj of the room, said guide structure serving to lead the tape to the spring roller at right angles to the length of the latter in raising the awning, whereby crumpling or creasing of the shade is pr vented.

21- In an awning of the type having a spring roller provided with a flat gudgeon pin mounted in a slotted hanger therefor and having a flexible operating member adjacent said gudgeon; the combination.

therewith of a guide structure for said operating member, including a pair of guide elements at opposite faces of the window sash, between which the operating member is led from the outside to the inside of the window and a guide element at the exterior of the window substantially below said other guide elements.

In an awning of the type having spring roller provided with a flat gudgeon pin'mounted in a slotted hanger therefor and having an operating tape adjacent said pin, winding about the roller between con.

secutive turns of the raised awning; the combination therewith of a structure by which the tape isled to the interior of the room, said structure being adjacent the gudgeon pin and including a pair of rollers at substantially the upper end of the window frame, the tape passing between said rollers through a corresponding port transversely of the window, said structure having an additional roller substantially below said other rollers about which the tape is passed from the awning to said other pair of rollers.

and at the outer face 'of'the window sash aboutwhlc'h the operating i'riember extends,

whereby in draw g upon the operating member the Hat giidgeon is not drauui out of the slotted hanger.

'5'. In an awning of the type having a spring roller provided with a fiat gudgeon pin mounted in a slotted hanger therefor and having an operating tape fixed to t 11G roller adjacent said spring; the combination therewith of a tape guide fixture structure including apa ir of guide rollers at the exterior face of the window, one of said rollers subst antiallybelo'w the spring roller and taking the tape therefrom, the other said roller at higher'level, and a guide roller at the inner face of thewindow substantially at the level of said other roller fromwhich the operating tape depends inside the room.

6. A window having a bracket strip secured in'the upper part of the window frame and transversely thereof, said strip carrying rollers atopposite ends thereof located at opposite faces -of the window sash for leading an awning operatingmembe'r inward; the upper end Of'tlie windowl sash having a notch foraccommodating the strip and the operating member when the upper sash is completely closed.

7. In a window the combination of a fixture having a plate afiixed transversely of the upper end of the window frame, said fixture having ears at the opposite ends thereof, a roller mounted in the ears at the inner face of the sash, a pair of rollers at the ears exteriorly of the window, said three rollers leading the operating tape for an awning, the upper edge of the window sash having a notch to accommodate the plate and the tape.

8. In a window of the fixed sash type, awning fixtures at the upper part of the window frame, one of said fixtures at the exterior face of the sash, the other at the Lil the operating tape of a spring roller type awning, the upper edge of the window pane of the sash having an elongated notch through which the tape extends.

10. In a window of the fixed sash type, a pair of awning fixtures mounted at the upper part of the window frame and near the corner thereof, one of said fixtures secured at the inner face of the sash, the other at the exterior face thereof, each of said fixtures, including a guide element for leading the operating tape of a spring roller type awning, the upper edge of the window of the sash having an elongated notch through which the tape extends, the fixture at the exterior having an additional guide element below the spring roller about which the operating tape is led from the spring roller to the other guide elements.

1.1. An awning fixture comprising a support bracket having a pair of cars and a pair of rollers in said ears, one of said rollers near the lower end of said ears and the other near the upper.

12. A tape guide for an awning comprising a bracket having a pair of lateral cars, a connecting plate between said cars, a lower roller mounted by said ears and below the edge of said connecting plate and an upper roller between said ears, and above said edge.

13. An awning fixture comprising support bracket means, including a pair of ears mounting a single roller at one side of the window pane and a pair of ears mounting a pair of rollers, one below the other at the opposite face of the window pane.

ll. An awning fixture comprising a metal strip, corner pieces at the ends thereof, a guide roller mounted in one of said corner pieces and a pair of guide rollers mounted in the other of said corner pieces, said latter cornerpieees being longer and mounting one of the rollers substantially below the other.

15. An awning fixture comprising a metal strip, a separate corner piece secured upon one end of the strip and having ears, a rollercarried by said ears, a second'corner piece of greater length fixedly secured to the opposite end of said strip, said corner piece having elongated cars, a roller mounted in said ears and at the level of said first roller, and a second roller mounted in said corner piece substantially below said other roller.

16. An awning bracket including a unie tary sheet metal fixture having upstanding ears and a roller mounted between said ears and an awning fixture comprising a uni.- tary sheet metal bracket having integral lateral ears upstanding therefrom, a pair of rollers bearing in said ears, one of said rollers below the other, the ears extending be yond the connecting part of the bracket at the region of said latter roller.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State oi. New York, the 2 1- day of February A. l). 1927.

JOHN w. SHAW. 

